Friday Round Up
Weather: No singin’ in the rain this Father’s Day! The drizzly streak comes to an end over the weekend with temps in the low to mid 80s and sunny skies.
Awesome events you can attend this weekend: Final weekend of the D.C. Jazz Festival; Kinky Boots comes to the Kennedy Center; Catch a movie in the cemetery; Check out these eats for a truckin’ good time; Take dad for some jerk; Get your brew on; Looking for some summer reading? Pre-order Barons of the Beltway!
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#WATCH
Move over Kanye, there are way cooler dads in town and we wanna shout ’em out.
From patching up our scraped knees to picking us up when we’re down, we want to say “Thanks, Dad!” for everything you’ve done for us and everything you let us do that mom didn’t.
(Don’t worry, we still won’t tell)
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY!
#NATIONAL
Finding Dory opens this weekend; OINTB is back for the fourth time; Trump thinks he’s a ladies man; Pope Francis gets catty. Who knew tigers were allowed in Vatican City?; Microsoft meets marijuana. Don’t worry, it’s legal.
#LOCAL
Brand new hospital wing in the heart of D.C.; This awkward pup stands out from the crowd; All you delicate flowers can now borrow parasols; D.C. still wants to be a state; Bike sharing is caring; Sidwell Friends School does not hail the Redskins; Don’t hate the player, hate the game.
#ICYMI
Love Always Wins
Queens of the Diamond VS. The Bad News Babes: Annual Congressional Women’s Softball
Make Birthdays Great Again With These Trump Inspired Memes
Party Like It’s 1776
Our North West Picks
Fashionably Famous: Cuyana In The City
What The Fudge?
#EDITORSPICK
Josie Martin is the queen of balance.
We’re not sure about her tightrope-walking abilities, but we do know she has got health and wellness down pat (unlike some of us, who consider an entire pint of Ben & Jerry’s a light snack). She’s the Executive Vice President of Public Affairs for PhRMA, a company that represents some of America’s biggest biopharmaceutical researchers. They’re working to find cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer. Pretty impressive, right?
I caught up with (well, tried to catch up… she’s fast) Josie this week at Ice Cream Jubilee to get tips on matching our Fitbits to our outfits, insight into living a healthier lifestyle, and of course, to get some dessert.
She’s easily far from plain and would never dare eat vanilla without a layer of fudge on top. Chocolate is her drug of choice.
#BIRTHDAY
Famous birthday wishes to Dad Lyons, Heather Sidwell Morris, Will Rabbe, Ben Grove, Jeff Blount, Becca Rotenberg, Evan Dixon, Jordan Wiley, Kristen Bartaloni, Christy Hayek, Julia Berg, Meris Westberg, Jessica Boulanger, Donald Trump, Franklin Ayma, Joe Currie, Joe Kasperski, Brian Franz, Dana Williams, Rebecca Czajkowski, Afsi Davis, Farrah Skeiky, Christopher Bedford.
#TWEETOFTHEWEEK
“This was fun. Thank you CSPAN. All 4 of them. #RTCA2016”
#FAMOUSFORDC
Prayers to Jimmy Walsh as he completes his ab challenge; Molly McDonnell deserves Ellie Goulding and glitter showers every Monday night; Elizabeth Heng is taking Paris and Madrid by storm as a part of her Yale EMBA Program #soproud; Caitlin Alcala was married last weekend in Raleigh, NC; Nina Shelat is still relevant but now works on weekends #adulting; 28 days until August recess, courtesy of Chase Clanahan #freedom; Megan Carraco received 2 headless rats from her new kittens this week; Important: Punting to Marie Formica for a more creative way of wording and hashtagging; Props to Jordan Morris for being accepted into the Partnership for a Secure America Program; Melissa Medina picnics with presidents; Happy 21st Birthday Cody Tucker. All our love, Cap Lounge; Congrats to Sarah Corley on her new job with The Phillips Collection; Brittany Brammel is crushing it at Uber; Bubba Atkinson is scared of the kids at his local skate park; DuPont Circle is the most inspiring location in DC this week #OrlandoStrong; Josh Shultz loves decaf cookies; Nathan Imperiale wants to know what LOL means; Troy Lyons is Mr. Potato Head IRL; Paige Gress will do a keg stand this weekend; Amos Snead is going to crash Paige Gress’ party during that keg stand; FamousDC’s interns are the best in Washington; You should be following TheFamousDC on SnapChat; American Beverage Association has some pretty sweet offices; Jenn Sherman, Brittany Havens, Sean Hayes, Ruth Demeter, Will Troost, and Natasha Flint are excellent SoulCycle companions; DC misses you Will Allison; Ask Becky Card for a purple ribbon; Pro-tip, if you’re Facebook Friends with a lot of teachers, you may want to avoid Facebook for the next few months; Thank you for sharing a sweet picture of sweet shades, Mike Long; Leighton Brown’s Instagram has had us all dreaming of Europe for way too long; We’ll miss you Leo Bauza; Don Seymour still believes; Katie Martin documented a food truck catching fire; Nika Nour loves Batman; Phill Herndon for the win!; Slow jams are the secret at Google DC; Congrats Michael Mansour on your new master’s degree; Happy almost birthday Kenny Ames; Join the best of DC’s leaders, activists and social entrepreneurs for this year’s MCON (June 21-23) at National Geographic.
#MEDIAMOVES BY BRYANT ROW
Charles W. Cooke is the new editor of National Review Online; Reporters on Twitter took note when the cables all switched from a Trump event to a Clinton event: welcome to 2016: the main event; Jay Caspian Kang is joining Vice News as civil rights correspondent and will continue as a New York Times Magazine contributor; Michael Moynihan and Simon Ostrovsky are both also headed from The New Republic to Vice News as senior journalists; Reason magazine has a new editor-in-chief: Katherine Mangu-Ward; CBS News added a position: chief digital officer, and Jim Lanzone will assume that role; Zazie Lucke is welcomed back to Atlantic Media as the head of global marketing; Greta Brawner has moved into a new roll at C-SPAN as their Managing Producer for their Event Producers Unit.
#BYE
Hi Dad.
